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Dartmouth's Darren Horne pumps up backstage before competing in the Masters category at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Horne took fifth place in his division.
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Dartmouth's Darren Horne pumps up backstage before competing in the Masters category at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Horne took fifth place in his division.

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Darren McKeigan applies some spray tan on Sydney's Derek MacDonald backstage at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. MacDonald finished in fourth place in the middleweight category.
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Darren McKeigan applies some spray tan on Sydney's Derek MacDonald backstage at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. MacDonald finished in fourth place in the middleweight category.

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Arsene Martin (left), Mark Gillis (middle) and Rick Doucette compete in the masters category at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Gillis took top prize in the division.
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Arsene Martin (left), Mark Gillis (middle) and Rick Doucette compete in the masters category at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Gillis took top prize in the division.

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Heather Kennedy, left, and Ruth Hopkinson pump up prior to competing in the women's physique category at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.
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Heather Kennedy, left, and Ruth Hopkinson pump up prior to competing in the women's physique category at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.

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Competitors in the light heavyweight category flex for the judges at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.
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Competitors in the light heavyweight category flex for the judges at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.

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Competitors in the light heavyweight category flex for the judges at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.
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Competitors in the light heavyweight category flex for the judges at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.

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Darren McKeigan helps shine up Arsene Martin before the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Martin finished in third in both the masters and light heavyweight categories.
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Darren McKeigan helps shine up Arsene Martin before the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Martin finished in third in both the masters and light heavyweight categories.

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Prince Boabang stretches out as he starts to flex for the judges. Boabang finished in third place in the men's heavyweight category.
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Prince Boabang stretches out as he starts to flex for the judges. Boabang finished in third place in the men's heavyweight category.

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Guest poser and professional bodybuilder Mike Lynds of Truro performs his routine at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.
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Guest poser and professional bodybuilder Mike Lynds of Truro performs his routine at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.

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Jodi Livingston leaps across the stage as she performs her routine at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Livingston took first place in the fitness category.
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Jodi Livingston leaps across the stage as she performs her routine at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Livingston took first place in the fitness category.

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Competitors in the bikini short category pose for the judges at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.
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Competitors in the bikini short category pose for the judges at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6.

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Erica Deveaux, middle, reacts after being named the figure overall winner at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Marcia Olsen-White, left, won both the figure masters and figure tall categories while Katia Callegari, right, took top prize in the figure short category.
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Erica Deveaux, middle, reacts after being named the figure overall winner at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Marcia Olsen-White, left, won both the figure masters and figure tall categories while Katia Callegari, right, took top prize in the figure short category.

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Chris Haigh acknowledges the crowd and judges as he leaves the stage at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Haigh finished second in the lightweight category.
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Chris Haigh acknowledges the crowd and judges as he leaves the stage at the 2013 Nova Scotia Amateur Bodybuilding Championships at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on April 6. Haigh finished second in the lightweight category.

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Over 200 athletes from across the province posed, strutted and spray-tanned their way to glory on the stage at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Some of the big winners on the night included men’s bodybuilding overall champ Jonni Shreve, figure overall winner Erica Deveaux, bikini overall winner Laura Shearer and welterweight champ Jerrico Gray, who took home best poser honours.

Some of the top performers at the provincials will back on stage at the Cohn this summer when Halifax plays host to the Canadian Bodybuilding Federation’s national championship on July 6.